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Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Beckermet Mine, Haile, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11.5 × 6 × 5.5 cm
Description

A lovely specimen from the famous Cumbrian Iron field.  Translucent white nailhead calcite crystals on matrix. The crystals are up to  2.0 cm in length and the specimen is much better in person.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White
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